Research Article

Improvement of Physicochemical Characteristics of Monoepoxide Linoleic Acid Ring Opening for Biolubricant Base Oil

Table 5

The main wavelengths in the FTIR functional groups of MEOA and HYOOA.

Wavelength of MEOAaWavelength of HYOOAbFunctional group

3003OH stretching (alcohol)
30093003C=C bending vibration (aliphatic)
2927, 28562925, 2855C–H stretching vibration (aliphatic)
1737C=O stretching vibration (ester)
17111711C=O stretching vibration (carboxylic acid)
1461C–H scissoring and bending for methylene group
1176, 1117C–O stretching vibration (ester)
1279, 12621279C–O stretching asymmetric (carboxylic acid)
934934C–O bending vibration (carboxylic acid)
967967C–H bending vibration (alkene)
820C–O–C oxirane ring
723723C–H group vibration (aliphatic)

Notes: Monoepoxide linoleic acid (a); 9,12-Hydroxy-10,13-oleioxy-12,9-octadecanoic acid (b).